How many main railway lines are there in China?

China's ten major railway trunk lines

The railway network is a railway network system composed of interconnected railway trunk lines, branch lines, tie lines and railway hubs. At present, our country has formed a railway network framework with Beijing as the center and each province with the provincial capital as the center. It connects many railway hubs of different sizes and forms the main trunk lines of my country's railway network framework:

1 : The hub of north-south transportation: Beijing-Guangzhou Line

It goes south from Beijing to Guangzhou, the southern gate of the motherland, via Shijiazhuang, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, and Changsha. The route runs through six provinces and cities, crosses five major river basins, passes through the North China Plain, the Two Lakes Plains, the Jiangnan hills, passes through the Nanling Mountains, and connects to the Pearl River Delta. The route has dense populations, rich products, developed economy, dense towns, and very busy transportation. The goods transported to the south mainly include coal, steel, timber and export materials, while the goods transported to the north mainly include rice, non-ferrous metals and imported materials.

2: The main transportation artery in the east and west coastal areas: Beijing-Shanghai Line

The Beijing-Shanghai Line starts in Beijing, passes through Tianjin, Jinan, Xuzhou, and Nanjing and reaches my country's largest city, Shanghai. It runs through the three municipalities directly under the Central Government of Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai and the four provinces of Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui. It crosses four major river systems and connects the North China Plain, the Jianghuai Plain and the Yangtze River Delta. The Beijing-Shanghai Line connects the Beijing-Shenyang Line to the north and Shanghai-Hangzhou to the south. The Beijing-Shanghai Line has low terrain, dense population, numerous towns, rich coal resources, and developed economy. It is an important industrial and agricultural production base in my country. The goods transported to the south are mainly coal, steel, timber, cotton, etc.; the goods transported to the north mainly include machinery, instruments, department stores, etc.

3: The second largest transportation hub running from north to south: Beitongpu-Taijiao-Jiaoliu

The entire line starts from Datong, Shanxi in the north, passes through Taiyuan, Jiaozuo, and Zhicheng Arrive in Liuzhou. Basically parallel to the Beijing-Guangzhou Line. It passes through five provinces (regions), crosses three major river basins, and runs through the Loess Plateau, the mountains of western Henan, the Jianghan Plain, the mountains of western Hunan, and the hills of Guangdong and Guangxi. With a total length of 2,395 kilometers, the line is rich in agricultural and sideline products such as grain, cotton, oil, tobacco, and minerals such as coal and nonferrous metals. The line plays an important role in improving my country's railway layout, increasing Shanxi's coal external transportation capacity, and diverting Beijing-Guangzhou transportation volume.

4: The third largest transportation hub running from north to south: Beijing-Kowloon Line

The Beijing-Kowloon Line starts in Beijing and connects Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, and Jiangxi , Guangdong directly to Hong Kong and Kowloon. With a total length of 2538KM, it crosses the five major water systems of the Haihe River, Yellow River, Huaihe River, Yangtze River and Pearl River, and runs through the North China Plain, Poyang Lake Plain, Dabie Mountains, Jinggang Mountains and the hills of Guangdong and Guangxi. The areas along the route are not only important production areas for my country's grain, cotton, oil and other agricultural and sideline products, but are also areas rich in mineral resources and tourism resources. The line plays an important role in promoting economic development along the line and maintaining Hong Kong's long-term stability and prosperity.

5: The north-south main line running through the southwest region: Baocheng-Chengdu-Kunming Line

Starting from Baoji in the north, crossing the Qinling Mountains and Daba Mountains, crossing the Western Sichuan Plain, flying over the Minjiang River, and crossing The Jinsha River reaches Kunming, with a total length of 1754KM. Along the way there are many mountains, rapids and rapids, as well as many "underground railways and air stations". The total length of the Chengdu-Kunming Railway bridges and tunnels accounts for 40% of the total length of the line. The arduous project is rarely seen in the history of world railway construction. The line connects with the Longhai Line in Baoji and the Chengdu-Chongqing Line in Chengdu. Along the line are multi-ethnic areas with rich specialties in my country, rich in mineral resources and forest resources. The completion of the railway has promoted the economic construction of the southwest region and strengthened ethnic unity. It is also an important passage connecting the northwest region.

6: The main artery that traverses the Central Plains and the northwest: Longhai-Lanzhou-Xinjiang Line

Starting from Lianyungang on the coast of the Yellow Sea in the east, passing through Zhengzhou, Xi'an, and Lanzhou to Urumqi, passing through six provinces District, traverses the Huanghuai Plain, Central Henan Plain, Guanzhong Plain, Loess Plateau, passes through the Hexi Corridor, Turpan Basin, and crosses the Tianshan Mountains to northern Xinjiang. It is 3652KM in total. It is the longest railway trunk line in my country and passes many ancient capitals in my country along the way. It is a famous historical and cultural city and is rich in coal, oil and other minerals, as well as cotton and storage products. The construction of this railway is of great significance for connecting the economically developed eastern region and the developing northwest region, promoting the economic and tourism development of the western region, and consolidating border defense. In addition, the railway traveling westward through Central Asia can directly reach the Baltic Sea coast and the Atlantic coast, becoming the most important "Eurasian Continental Bridge" in the world and a shortcut for my country to Central Asia, the Middle East and Europe. This land bridge communication will play an important role in developing my country's foreign trade and accelerating border opening.

7: Beijing-Baotou-Baotou-Lanzhou Line

The Beijing-Baotou Line runs westbound from Beijing to Baotou via Hohhot, with a total length of 833KM. The Baotou-Lanzhou Line runs westbound from Baotou southward via Yinchuan to Lanzhou. The total length is 980KM. The line starts from Beijing in the east, crosses the mountains of northern Hebei, the Zhangbei Plateau, the Inner Mongolia Plateau, the Hetao Plain, and the Ningxia Plain to Lanzhou, connecting six provinces (cities and districts) and connecting North China and Northwest China. The route is rich in coal, iron, pond salt, phosphate ore and other resources, and is home to my country's important animal husbandry bases and commercial grain bases. The goods transported to the west mainly include steel, machinery, timber, etc.; the goods transported to the east are mainly coal, ore, and livestock products. This line is of great significance to promoting economic ties between North China and Northwest China, sharing the transportation pressure of the Longhai Line, building minority areas and consolidating border defense.

8: The east-west trunk line across the south of the Yangtze River: Shanghai-Hangzhou-Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Hunan-Guizhou-Guizhou-Kunming line

The entire line starts from Shanghai in the east and passes through Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hunan and Guizhou , Yunnan and other six provinces and cities, connecting the Yangtze River Delta, Jiangnan hills and Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, with a total length of 2677KM. It is the east-west artery that traverses the south of the Yangtze River. The eastern section of the line is densely populated and has developed industry and agriculture, while the western section is rich in coal, iron and other resources. The goods transported eastward mainly include grain, wood, non-ferrous metals, etc., while the goods transported westward mainly include steel, machinery, cement, daily necessities, etc. This is a main railway line that closely connects the east and west parallel to the Longhai Meridian and the Yangtze River route. It is of great significance to accelerating the economic construction of Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou and Yunnan.

9: The main trunk lines of the Northeastern Railway Network of its own system: Harbin-Dalian, Binzhou-Binsui Line

The Northeastern Railway Network is centered on Harbin and Shenyang, and consists of Harbin-Dalian, Binzhou and Shenyang. The Binzhou-Binsui Line connects to form a "T"-shaped skeleton, connecting more than 70 trunk and branch lines in the entire region. It is unique and has its own system. The Harbin-Dalian Line starts from Harbin in the north, passes through Changchun, Shenyang, and Anshan to Dalian, with a total length of 944KM. The Harbin-Dalian Line connects the main industrial centers, political centers and largest seaports in the three northeastern provinces. It passes through important agricultural areas and densely populated areas. It is one of the trunk lines with the strongest transportation capacity and the largest passenger and cargo volume in my country. It has become the economic development center of the Northeast region. of pillars. Binzhou-Binsui Line starts from Manzhouli in the west, passes through Harbin and ends at Suifenhe, with a total length of 1,483KM. Both ends are connected to the Russian railway. It is an important international railway line. It is extremely rich in specialties along the way. It is my country's supply base for timber, grain, and livestock products, and is also a production base for oil, coal, timber, etc.

10: Trunk lines connecting inside and outside the customs: Beijing-Shenyang Line and Jingtong-Tong Line

The Beijing-Shenyang Line starts from Beijing in the south, passes through Tianjin and Qinhuangdao, exits Shanhaiguan, and reaches Shenyang along the Western Liaoning Corridor. It is 850KM long. Along the way, there are areas where important cities in my country and coal, steel, machinery, petroleum and other production bases are concentrated. It is one of the railway trunk lines with the highest passenger and freight density in my country. It is also the main channel for contacting people inside and outside the customs.

The Jingtong Line runs from Changping, a suburb of Beijing, to Chifeng in Inner Mongolia to Tongliao, with a total length of 870KM. It is an important railway for the customs clearance of Shanxi coal and the export of timber from Northeast China. It is also the second main railway line connecting North China and Northeast China. , which is of great significance to reducing the transportation pressure on the Beijing-Shenyang Line and the economic development of eastern Inner Mongolia.